10 for 9 in '08 - The Introduction

I'm back!  I'm sure you all missed me :)  I needed to take a break for a bit, but it's nice having someplace to let my opinions out on a semi-regular basis where people might actually read them.  In any case, I thought I'd start by bringing you a several-blog post containing an article I wrote for the final issue of Smartphone & PocketPC magazine that unfortunately didn't make the cut due to space constraints.

For this year's awards I judged nine different categories for a total of ten #1 products (I had a tie in one category).  What I thought I'd do is give you a brief synopsis of each of the games that I picked as #1.  Since I've written reviews for a good number of these products already, and since they obviously didn't make the #1 spot in each category as a result of what I didn't like, I've decided to focus strictly on what I did like for each game.  I hope this helps to give you insight into at least one judge's thoughts on picking #1 games.  And in case you're wondering, the title of this series is an abbreviation on "10 (#1 products) for 9 (judged categories) in (20)'08.  Hope you enjoy!